setting the pace for tomorrow’s innovations!
Since 2014, the EDF Pulse Start-up Awards have given a helping hand to European startups using new technological solutions to build tomorrow’s world – an electric world that’s more eco-friendly and better connected. Up for grabs for the winners: a marketing campaign and up to €80,000 of prize money to give their creativity even more of a boost!
« The EDF Pulse start-up Awards adventure was a catalyst for us. It gave us reach like never before. »
Isabelle Gallet-Coty - SAUREA President, 2019 winner
2020 Edition
Our ambition: support socially inclusive and meaningful innovations.
New this edition: the EDF Pulse Special Award for Sport & Innovation.
The EDF Pulse Start-up Awards since 2014
candidates
supported start-ups
winners
Past winners
2020 Winner, 1st Prize
BeFC has created a small, flexible, paper-thin battery used in low-power electronic devices. This smart-designed, economical and non-toxic solution is created from bio-sourced materials.
2020 Winner, Audience Award
Earthwake has developed a machine that uses pyrolysis technology to recycle plastic waste into gasoline, diesel and gas. This intentionally low-tech solution is also mobile and energy self-sufficient.
2019 Winner, 1st Prize
TheraPanacea revolutionises radiotherapy (a type of Cancer treatment) and uses Artificial Intelligence for a more automated, personalised and adaptive process.
2019 Winner, Audience Award
SAUREA created the first highly resistant motor converting solar energy into mechanical energy, without any conversion electronics.
2018 winner in the Smart Home category
Lancey has invented a smart radiator that stores electricity during off-peak hours before releasing it during times of peak consumption.
2017 winner in the Smart City category
Wodoo has developed an augmented wood to build the city of the future – it is translucent, rot-proof, fire-resistant and 3 times stronger than the original wood.
2018 winner in the Smart City category
HySiLabs is revolutionising the transport of hydrogen, a promising and low-carbon energy source for the cities of the future.
2017 winner in the Smart Home category
Howz develops sensors that are placed in senior citizens’ homes to monitor activity via their use of electrical devices, ensuring that everything is as it should be.
EDF Pulse Start-up: Local Editions
News
Call for projects on indoor air quality
Last spring, EDF joined Covivio and Impulse Partners to launch the Air Quality Challenge call for projects. It aims to identify and test new solutions improving indoor air quality while also reducing energy consumption.
EDF invests in PowerUp to enhance batteries' market
The PowerUp start-up has developed a solution to optimise the performance of lithium-ion batteries. The EDF Pulse Croissance and Supernova Invest corporate venture announced their acquisition of a stake in this CEA spin-off.
The EDF Pulse start-up Awards are coming to in India
India’s 1st edition for socially inclusive Indian-based innovations for an electric world that’s more eco-friendly and better connected revealed its winners during a ceremony held in New Dehli.